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Rabe, Henrietta F.; Meskil, Mildred O. – 1958
This handbook is focused directly on training possibilities to meet the dollar needs of older persons. Part I consists of a course of study designed specifically for persons seeking a supplemental income through a small, possibly home-based, business enterprise. Part II suggests a cooperative plan with local agencies or groups, particularly the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Business Education, Consultants
Saskatchewan NewStart, Inc., Prince Albert.
Courses and facilities of the Saskatchewan Newstart program are discussed as they pertain to human resource development. In addition, materials available for conducting 17 courses related to human resource development are listed, briefly annotated, and the price for each is given. The Saskatchewan Newstart Social Invention Centre is discussed…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Business Education
Jensen, Glenn S. – 1969
A project to improve the leadership competency of personnel responsible for program development and implementation in ABE is presented. The intent of the program planners was to help the ABE administrator discover new patterns of need, to search for new teaching formats and content, and to reassess the relationships which exist in the world of…
Descriptors: Administrators, Adult Basic Education, Educational Planning, Educational Programs
Pinnock, Theo. James – 1972
All over America today Human Resources Development (HRD) Departments and/or Agencies are emerging. HRD is an adult and continuing educational process designed to help alleviate some of the adult problems of today with the hope that the future will be more rewarding for all. Today, changes in social and technological conditions are proceeding at…
Descriptors: Black Power, Blacks, Community Change, Disadvantaged
Rowan, Richard L.; Northrup, Herbert R. – 1972
A study to determine the impact of adult basic education programs on the upward mobility of disadvantaged workers is presented. The paper industry was chosen for case analysis because of the nature of the upgrading problems, the vast adjustments required by the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the fact that these ABE programs have been operational…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Blacks, Case Studies, Cultural Enrichment
SEASHORE, CHARLES N. – 1966
THIS RESEARCH TRAINING PROGRAM PROVIDED FOR NINE REGIONAL MEETINGS FOR STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PERSONNEL WHO WERE ASSOCIATED WITH EVALUATION RESEARCH SECTIONS OF PROPOSALS FROM LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS FOR FUNDS UNDER PUBLIC LAW 89-10 (ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT OF 1965). THE MEETINGS WERE STAFFED BY FOUR-MAN TEAMS OF CONSULTANTS…
Descriptors: Administrators, Educational Legislation, Educational Programs, Educational Research
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1976
The second enclosure to the study of attrition at the five federal service academies reviews 87 related studies, about half of all those done by, for, or about the academies in the last 10 years. One general observation is that relationships have been established between attrition and student characteristics, whereas the same is not true in…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, College Students, Dropouts, Enrollment Influences
Trivett, David A. – 1977
Continuing education for professionals (CEP) may be defined as the formal or informal training an individual professional undertakes after the end of his basic professional education. Despite the implicit relationship between professionalism and CEP, continuing education has long been a tangential concern in the study of professional education. As…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Certification, Continuing Education Units, Employment Qualifications
Thorsell, Bernard Alan – 1976
Ambiguity concerning the professional value of the master's degree for graduate students in sociology is discussed. Four factors are identified as contributing to this ambiguity: (1) the lack of uniform standards and requirements for the degree in American higher education; (2) the decline in the prestige of the degree in academic circles; (3) the…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Degree Requirements, Departments, Doctoral Degrees
Schrader, Marvin A.; And Others – 1976
The project was designed to determine the feasibility of having a vocational technical adult education (VTAE) district provide continuing education inservice training for health care facilities using videotape equipment so that employees could gain knowledge and skills without leaving the facility or having to involve time outside the normal…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Custodian Training, Dietetics, Health Facilities
Arends, Richard I.; Green, David – 1976
This report presents the results of a field test for the Preparing Educational Training Consultants: Skills Trainers instructional system (PETC-I), one of several instructional systems developed by the Improving Teaching Competencies Program of the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory. The PETC-I is designed for mass distribution and use in…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Educational Programs, Evaluation Methods, Group Dynamics
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. – 1976
Hearings on the bill to establish the Peace Academy are presented. The bill proposes to create an educational institution in the United States to further the understanding of peace among nations. Major objectives of this institution are to consider the dimensions of peaceful resolution of differences among nations, to train students in the process…
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Decision Making, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation
McCormick, Tom – 1974
The Career Opportunities Program (COP) is a nationwide career training model to improve the learning of low-income children in poverty area schools by employing low-income community residents and Vietnam veterans as teacher aides, while they attend college in preparation for careers in education. Two questionnaires were used in this study. The…
Descriptors: Education Majors, Higher Education, Job Training, Low Income Groups
Raulin, George – 1966
This material is a series of lessons prepared in French to give an introduction to the Kanouri language. The need for such material arose during a twelve-week Niger-Chad Peace Corps training project which took place at San Francisco State College in the summer of 1966. The teachers were bilingual French-Kanouri speakers, and it was therefore…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Students, African Languages
Sanford, Ann; And Others – 1974
Presented is the final report of the Chapel Hill Project, a demonstration model designed to provide services to the Head Start Program for handicapped preschool children in Johnston County, North Carolina. Such services as screening, assessment, establishment of a resource center, development of intake services and individual educational programs,…
Descriptors: Conceptual Schemes, Demonstration Programs, Educational Assessment, Educational Resources
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